Allergist/Immunology

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is adding a per diem Allergist/Immunologist to join the Department of Medicine, Allergist at NYC Health + Hospitals’/Kings County. The Hospitals are part of NYC Health + Hospitals which is the nation’s largest public health system. King County is a 639-bed, Level I Trauma Center located in Brooklyn. In 1955, Kings County surgeons performed the first open-heart surgery in New York State. The hospital maintains a strong academic affiliation with SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University to maintain its high healthcare delivery standards. If desired all Medicine Faculty Members have SUNY Downstate Health Sciences for academic appointments.

This position will come with a faculty appointment as a clinician-educator at the SUNY Downstate Health Sciences school of Medicine, and it involves supervision and teaching of fellows and residents. 

The mission of NYC Health + Hospitals is to extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of the ability to pay, comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity, and respect. Their Values are built on a foundation of social and racial equity and has established the ICARE standards for all staff.   

NYC Health + Hospitals is the nation’s largest municipal health care delivery system in the United States. Dedicated to providing the highest quality health care services to all New Yorkers with compassion, dignity and respect, and regardless of immigration status or ability to pay. 

The Attending Physician, under the general direction of the Chief of Service or designee, is responsible for the provision of professional general or specialty medical work of ordinary difficulty. In collaboration with internal stakeholders, the Attending Physician is responsible for the planning, coordination, delivery, and management of comprehensive healthcare services. The Physician is also immediately responsible for the supervision of advanced practice providers, technicians, and other providers; and generally, coordinates a multispecialty team.

• Functions independently to complete history and physical data on patients, performs complete physical exams, and interprets and integrates data to determine appropriate diagnosis and treatment plan.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient needs.
• Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities.

• Collaborates, educates, and supervises Advance Practice Providers (APP’s) in managing acute and long-term medical needs of patients.
• Provides medical care in high-functional setting. Responsible for all patient interactions within area of service. May manage both acute and chronic conditions.
• Collaborates with multi-specialty colleagues, working as an integral part of a world-class health system.
• Functions independently to complete history and physical data on patients.
• Performs complete physical exams, if necessary, or completes physical exams to the extent of what is medically necessary in the normal course of treatment for a specific patients’ treatment.
• Coordinates and manages assigned panel of patient care across assigned level of service such as emergency, primary, inpatient, specialty, clinic, dental, mental health, substance abuse, home care, and all other covered services.
• Maintains a work schedule that may include evenings and weekends, in order to ensure the continuity of care for the department, setting, and/or network.

• Licensed to practice medicine in the State of New York
• Board Certified or Eligible in specialty, if necessary.
• Proficient use of Electronic Medical Record System (EMR), such as Epic.
• Proficient use of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel) required.

Exceptional Benefits Include: 

• Occurrence-based Medical Malpractice policy coverage
• Per diem rate of pay is $106.77 per hour for 12 hours a week

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is one of the largest multi-disciplinary groups in the country whose main purpose is to nurture and embolden the healthcare providers who take care of the most fragile and vulnerable patients in New York City.  PAGNY is comprised of over 4,000 physicians and healthcare professionals who provide services to NYC Health + Hospitals (H+H), the largest public health system in the United States.  Our practitioners are highly skilled professionals with outstanding credentials who deliver the highest level of quality healthcare to patients throughout New York City.  

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**The annual total value of the compensation package shown is provided as an illustration and is not guaranteed.